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Classical Music Confronts Conflict via Collaboration
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he West-Eastern Divan Orchestra was founded by renowned conductor-pianist Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian scholar/author Edward Said 20 years ago to bring together outstanding young Palestinian and Israeli musicians in a collaboration superseding national and cultural boundaries. The group, Barenboim has said, was conceived as a project against ignorance and aims to promote understanding and pave the way for a peaceful and fair solution of the seemingly intractable ArabIsraeli conflict by recognizing the importance for individuals on one side – with members from Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt – to get to know the other, to understand what the other thinks and feels. The orchestra has shown the world that it’s possible to sit down with people of opposing viewpoints and put aside those differences to play great music
Michael Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Ensemble make their Santa Barbara debut at the Music Academy of the West on Saturday, March 7 (photo by Marcus Höhn)
Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than 10 years.
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“Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.” – Robert Browning
5 – 12 March 2020
